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ASRE
The ASRE is constituent research organisation of the Ministry of the Commons and SIRO.
The Commonwealth Astro Science Research Establishment (ASRE) is a research organisation of the Ministry of the Commons. It conducts aeronautical and space research in Vekllei on behalf of the ministry and SIRO, and employs about 7,000 people. It conducts mostly scientific research, but its staff do contribute to engineering projects in industry where their expertise is required. Most famously, the ASRE contributed extensively to the Apollo-type thermal reactor, developed in conjunction with General Reactor.
In addition to aeronautics and space research, the ASRE operates a number of extraterrestrial facilities on other planets, including Station Mars and Station Venus. It does not however administrate the Vekllei Station Lunar, though it does operate several research stations and laboratories there.
Constituents
- Commonwealth Space Federation: Industrial and academic council of partners that include the ASRE, who help develop and manufacture spacecraft.
- Commonwealth Space Council: Government commission into space policy and development.
Departments
- General Headquarters: Manages the overarching administration policy industrial relations and strategic direction of the establishment.
- Office of Administration
- Office of Industrial Affairs
- Office of Research Ethics
- Office of Universities & Foreign Industry
- Office of the DSRE
- Office of Legislative, Foreign & Public Relations
- Office of the Chief Scientist
- Department of Aerospace: Conducts research and development in aeronautics atmospheric flight and propulsion systems.
- Department of Manned Spaceflight: Oversees all aspects of human space exploration including spacecraft development and deep space missions.
- National Telescope, Kala
- Division of Spacecraft
- Division of Deep Space
- Department of Extraterrestrial Science: Manages Vekllei’s scientific research stations on other planets and conducts research into extraterrestrial bodies.
- Station Mars
- Station Venus
- Office of the International Space Station
- Office of the Lunar International Settlement
- Division of Comets & Asteroids
- Division of Colonisation & Exploitation
- Department of Tracking & Data Acquisition: Operates the tracking data relay and processing systems necessary for space missions and astronomical observation.
- National Radar Station, Ascension
- Division of Telemetry
- Division of Data Processing & Storage
- Department of Advanced Research & Technology: Focuses on fundamental and cutting-edge research in physics materials propulsion and life support systems.